Why use Sign Language?
There are many good reasons to learn sign language
and use it with babies and
young children.
Communication is not just about words, in fact words only account for 7% of face to face communication! The remaining 93% is made up of tone of voice, body language and gestures.
Every child instinctively understands that using gestures such as waving to get attention or stretching out their arms to ask to
be picked up gets results.
Sign language helps to build on these non verbal signals and gives you and your child access to a rich vocabulary of signs that will allow them to fully interact with you and enable you both to share your feelings and thoughts.
It is impossible to put a value on the benefits of being able to communicate with your child before they have learnt to speak, but increasingly many parents and carers are beginning to recognise the importance of clear, two way communication with pre-verbal children.
Research has shown that babies and young children really can communicate
their needs and feelings through the use of sign language. By learning to sign both you and your child will be able to tell each other what you are thinking and feeling whilst increasing your child's vocabulary and communication skills.
Sign of the Month!
Learn Sign Language the easy way by gradually building your vocabulary of signs.
Each month there will be a new sign on this page for you to learn, so bookmark this page and visit regularly!
Click on the box above to start learning your first sign!
Learning sign language is stimulating and fun:
You and your child can really have fun and connect with each other as you
learn together.
Learning to sign is easy:
Because it is a visual rather than a spoken language, many of the signs are easy to learn and memorise.
Sign language helps to take away those terrible tantrums:
Because your child can express themselves, they no longer feel frustrated.
Sign language helps to increase language development:
Children who can sign often learn to speak earlier and have a larger vocabulary.
Sign language takes away the guesswork:
Using sign language your child will be able to tell you what they want.